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The Emir of Kaura Namoda in Zamfara State, Alhaji Muhammad Ahmad Asha, is dead. He was said to have died of suspected coronavirus-related complication on Sunday morning. The Emir, according to the Publicity Secretary for the Control and Prevention of COVID-19 in the state, Alhaji Mustafa Jafaru Kaura, had been in isolation at the Yariman … Read more
Billionaire Aliko Dangote has contributed a mobile laboratory equipped to regulate 400 samples daily to enhance the testing capacity in Kano state. Governor Abdullahi Ganduje disclosed this on Saturday during a press briefing organised by the state task force on COVID-19 which took place at the Africa House in Kano. He divulged that the test … Read more
Nigeria on Saturday recorded two hundred and twenty new COVID-19 cases, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has disclosed. The agency made the disclosure in its daily situation report of COVID-19 on its official twitter page. The 220 fresh cases on Saturday makes it the third consecutive day that the country has recorded over 200 … Read more
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has expressed his disappointment towards Federal government for not intervening in the fight against COVID-19 in the state. The Governor in a communique by his special aide, Mr Simeon Nwakaudu said he regrets that the Federal Government had not rendered any assistance yet to support the Rivers State Government … Read more
Lagos State has discharged twenty-two more coronavirus patients. Lagos State Ministry of Health (LSMOH) disclosed on Saturday. “22 more COVID19 Lagos patients; 8 females & 14 males, all Nigerians were today discharged from our Isolation facilities at Yaba. Read more at: https://ekohotblog2.com/2020/05/02/just-in-dead-covid-19-pregnant-woman-infects-3-others/ “The patients; 19 from LUTH, 2 from IDH, Yaba & 1 from our … Read more
In the past one week, Kano state has recorded a frighteningly high number of COVID-19 cases, a development that saw it leapfrog Abuja to become state with second highest number of active COVID-19 cases in the country. For two days consecutively, the state recorded the highest number of cases, 80 on Thursday and 90 on … Read more
Ekiti State Government, on Saturday, confirmed three new Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in the state, as declared by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Friday night. The government said the three new COVID-19 cases were transmitted by the late 29-year old pregnant woman. The pregnant woman was initially reported to have sneaked into the … Read more
Kaduna State governor, Nasir El Rufai, on Saturday said the state might witness a spike in number of almajiri with COVID-19 infection. The governor said this is because the state has completed COVID-19 testing for 167 Kano Almajiris in the state. Governor Nasir El-Rufai disclosed this in situation report via a series of tweets on … Read more
Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir el-Rufai, has revealed that he infected four persons in the state with Coronavirus, all of whom have recovered. El-Rufai, who doubles as the index case in the state, made the revelation at the 24th edition of The Platform hosted by Pastor Poju Oyemade. He said “As I announced some days … Read more
……..As Comoros Records First Case Of Coronavirus Comoros has announced its first confirmed COVID-19 case, as Lesotho remains the only country in Africa without Coronavirus. “On this day of April 30, 2020, the government declares the first case of COVID-19 on the Comoros,” President Azali Assoumani said during an address to the nation on Thursday … Read more
The director-general of Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Chikwe Ihekweazu on Thursday disclosed how long it would take for Nigeria and the rest of the world to overcome the virulent COVID-19 scourge. The NCDC helmsman who spoke at the 24th edition of The Platform, hosted by Poju Oyemade’s Covenant Nation, said it would take … Read more
Kano state in recent weeks has been beleaguered by strange illness that’s killed over six hundred people in the state, among those killed are high profile individuals who were prominent Indigenes of the ancient enclave. Worrisome as the situation is, even more unsettling is the fact that these strange deaths may not abate anytime soon, … Read more
The Kano State Government says it is creating more isolation centres as part of its concerted efforts to tackle and containing the spread of COVID-19. The Deputy Governor, Dr. Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna, who is also the Chairman of the State Task Force Committee on COVID-19, who disclosed this when he paid an inspection visit to … Read more
IgbereTV has revealed that the Anambra state government has started a home-to-home search for persons with Covid19 symptoms in all communities within the state. Governor Willie Obiano disclosed this on Friday during a special statewide broadcast on the COVID-19 update. He said that the NCDC, WHO and UNICEF have assured the state government of their … Read more
President Donald Trump on Friday has announced the experimental drug remdesivir authorized by US regulators for emergency use against coronavirus. It comes after the antiviral made by Gilead Sciences was shown in a major clinical trial to shorten the time to recovery in some coronavirus patients, the first time any medicine has had a proven … Read more
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Friday announced that the country has confirmed two hundred and thirty eight fresh COVID-19 cases. The agency made the announcement in its daily situation report of COVID-19 on its official twitter page. According to the agency, of the 238 cases, 92 are confirmed in Kano, 36 in Abuja, 30 … Read more
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has bemoaned the dearth of bed space for COVID-19 patients in states across the federation. The Director General of the agency, Chikwe Ihekweazu, made this known on Friday at the media briefing of the presidential task force. Ihekweazu disclosed that there are about 3,500 bed spaces for COVID-19 patients … Read more
Lagos state government has rolled out a broad list of guidelines for transport operations, which would kick- off on Monday, May 4th 2020 as the state enters the phased lifting of lockdown and imposition of curfew. Under the guideline, no danfo operator can carry more than eight passengers, including conductor/bus assistant while all Bus Rapid … Read more
The United States President, Donald Trump, has asserted that he is privy to information that corroborated the conspiracy theory that the coronavirus was made in Chinese lab. Trump said the information indicated that the Wuhan Institute of Virology is behind the COVID-19 outbreak. Wuhan is the Chinese city where the COVID-19 outbreak began and, for … Read more
Kano State Governor, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to ease the lockdown imposed the state. Ganduje said request for relaxation of the lockdown became imperative in order to forestall the Impending economic hardship that’s like to be occasioned by the lockdown. He also said easing of the lockdown would help … Read more